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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Richard Adler, American composer and producer (born 1921)[†]
Richard Adler was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. He is best known for his work with Jerry Ross on the musicals The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (1955).
2012Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States (born 1926)[†]
Abid Hussain was an Indian economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was India's ambassador to the United States of America from 1990 to 1992 and a member of the Planning Commission from 1985 to 1990.
2012Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (born 1918)[†]
Sunil Janah was an Indian-American photojournalist and documentary photographer who worked in India in the 1940s. Janah documented India's independence movement, its peasant and labour movements, famines and riots, rural and tribal life, as well as the years of rapid urbanization and industrialization. He was best known for his coverage of the Bengal famine of 1943.
2012Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (born 1915)[†]
Anna Jacobson Schwartz was an American economist who worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City and a writer for The New York Times. Paul Krugman has said that Schwartz is "one of the world's greatest monetary scholars."
2012A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.[†]
The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. 109 people were rescued, 17 bodies were recovered, and approximately 70 people remain missing. The boat's passengers were all male and were mostly from Afghanistan.
2012An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.[†]
The Indonesian Air Force is the aerial branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. The Indonesian Air Force is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is headed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Its order of battle is split into three Air Operations Commands. Most of its airbases are located on the island of Java. The Indonesian Air Force also has its ground force unit, called Air Force Quick Reaction Force Command (Kopasgat). The corps is also known as the "Orange Berets" due to the distinctive color of their service headgear.
The latest automotive quality survey released on Wednesday by the research firm J. D. Power & Associates showed that consumers were reporting fewer overall problems with new vehicles.
A move to muzzle a fund-raising banker may be seen as another setback for the president on Wall Street, where he is raising far less than he did in 2008.
Over half of all African-Americans and other non-Hispanic blacks in the city who were old enough to work had no jobs this year, according to an analysis of employment data.
Mr. Neiman, who painted racetrack scenes and Olympic contests, depicted public life in gaudy colors.
A small number of American officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping decide which Syrian rebel fighters across the border will receive arms.
After the filming of “The Queen of Versailles,” a documentary about an American Dream home bespeaking conspicuous wealth, the director and her subjects are at odds.
The justices declined to address whether the government still had the authority to regulate indecency on broadcast television, but excused two broadcasters from fines.
The 3-D animated film “Brave” has a female protagonist who finds independence outdoors and tradition indoors.
The arguments for a federal program to promote natural gas vehicles are compelling. So where’s the political support?
Linda Hirshman’s popular history traces the gay rights movement from the early 20th century to the present.
Charges against four men marked the first time in at least two decades that the Brooklyn district attorney has pursued Hasidic Jews for intimidating someone who alleged sexual abuse.
Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series, “The Newsroom,” rails against the shallow, ratings-driven discourse on cable news shows from a Brigadoon version of a newsroom.